1 . It did take me quite a while to start noticing Dr. Yuval Noah Harari’s well-received book: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (人类简史). I bought the book after I heard Dou Wentao (a renowned TV host) mention it on his podcast, and to be frank, I read the first chapter with little _________. But it turned out to be the best book I read in 2017.

While I was immediately ___________ the book kept evolving as I read it. The book began with a brief introduction of the lives and activities of the earliest proto-humans (原始人)---Neanderthals (尼安德特人), Homoerectus (直立人) and early Homo Sapiens (智人)---and then _________ an examination of why it was the Homo sapiens, after hundreds of thousands of years of surviving but pretty much existing in the middle of the food chain, _________ rocketed to the top of it without any significant genetic changes, conquered multiple climates, and eventually domesticated the world around them from farm animals to crops. And Harari includes an interesting but fairly _________ argument about the true nature of our relationship to our most necessary crop---wheat.

Think for a moment about the _________ Revolution from the viewpoint of wheat. Ten thousand years ago wheat was just a wild grass, one of many, confined to a small range in the Middle East. All of a sudden, within just a few short millennia, it was growing everywhere.

So how did this grass turn from insignificant to ubiquitous (到处存在的)? Wheat did it by manipulating (操纵) Homo sapiens to its advantage. This ape had been living a fairly comfortable life _________ and gathering until about 10,000 years ago, but then began to _________ more and more effort in cultivating wheat. Then, humans in many parts of the world were doing little from dawn to dusk _________ taking care of wheat plants.

However, the body of Homo sapiens had not evolved for cultivating wheat. Therefore human spines, knees, necks and arches paid the price. Moreover, the new agricultural tasks demanded so much time that people were forced to settle __________ next to their wheat fields. This completely changed their way of life. We did not __________ wheat. It’s the other way around. One of the most important and sustained ideas running through the book is that what ultimately __________ Homo sapiens from all other creatures---other mammals, other apes, and even other “humans” like Neanderthals---was not our opposable thumbs or some other __________ standards, but instead it was our ability to generate (生成), believe in and act upon what Yuval Noah Narari calls “myths” or “__________” (essentially ideas and cultural institutions), particularly on a large scale and collective basis, which eventually transformed us from creatures that lived in small, loosely-organized groups (the typical feature of most apes) to our modern status.

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind is a fascinating ambitious and difficult-to-summarize book that is also just highly __________. So as senior high school students, you won’t experience too much difficulty following the author’s train of thoughts. And I strongly recommend you to indulge (纵情于) yourself in this well-written book.

Inspired by Yuval Noah Harari’s mind-blowing book:

Sapiens: A brief history of Humankind

1.

A．attention

B．evaluation

C．illustration

D．expectation

2.

A．fascinated

B．confused

C．distracted

D．uninterested

3.

A．turned to

B．gave away

C．prepared for

D．went after

4.

A．naturally

B．randomly

C．suddenly

D．hardly

5.

A．annoying

B．touching

C．embarrassing

D．depressing

6.

A．Industrial

B．Agricultural

C．Cultural

D．Political

7.

A．planting

B．hunting

C．trading

D．wondering

8.

A．spare

B．resist

C．invest

D．demand

9.

A．regardless of

B．contrary to

C．together with

D．other than

10.

A．permanently

B．delightfully

C．temporarily

D．instantly

11.

A．consume

B．grow

C．domesticate

D．harvest

12.

A．distinguished

B．disqualified

C．discouraged

D．dissatisfied

13.

A．intellectual

B．physical

C．psychological

D．moral

14.

A．poems

B．reports

C．documents

D．fictions

15.

A．complex

B．overrated

C．readable

D．appreciated

2 . Back in 1959.when I was 13, I attended a school in Brooklyn.Because of the Sabbath on Friday, we had an early______from school.Most of the students would go to local parks to play basketball or baseball.I always______myself instead in a small public library,______for hours before sundown, the beginning of the Sabbath.

There was a kind of______ in that library that led me to worlds that I thought I'd never see.I was______to the Green Mountain Boys, to Isaac Asimov robots, to the swashbuckling novels of Thomas B.Costain and to a whole list of______ of the mind.I found a paradise(乐园) of silence where I could______ my inner self and find the treasures of other worlds.

However after watching the______generation of teens.______in the troubled waters of technology, I had little confidence in the______of the book.I felt sure that the physical object would be a thing of the past which the Twitter(推特)world had already:______, limiting the imagination of this______to the few characters that they could ______ in the shortest period.

But on a Saturday in August, I was shocked into the______ that my fears might be unnecessary .

Stony Brook University ______a competition for teens representing local public libraries.The participation of my granddaughter, Kayla, brought it to my ______.

In the Student Activities Center, hundreds of young people came in character costumes,______ready to respond to a multitude of questions about books they had read.They had spent the summer in______.

Imagine, a(n)______summer reading when they could have lazed with their smart phones and followed the president into the Twitter universe.Instead, they followed their imaginations and______themselves to the books .Perhaps there is hope for the world.

1.

A．start

B．release

C．reply

D．warming

2.

A．stopped

B．imagined

C．amused

D．noticed

3.

A．dreaming

B．discussing

C．reading

D．struggling

4.

A．book

B．quiet

C．guide

D．light

5.

A．introduced

B．bound

C．persuaded

D．forced

6.

A．fights

B．analyses

C．images

D．adventures

7.

A．lose

B．desert

C．ignore

D．explore

8.

A．current

B．last

C．next

D．coming

9.

A．ruined

B．drawn

C．stuck

D．abused

10.

A．publication

B．survival

C．list

D．content

11.

A．destroyed

B．reached

C．attracted

D．overtaken

12.

A．librarian

B．generation

C．university

D．neighborhood

13.

A．consume

B．play

C．recognize

D．defeat

14.

A．hope

B．promise

C．awareness

D．inspiration

15.

A．proposed

B．abandoned

C．delayed

D．hosted

16.

A．childhood

B．memory

C．home

D．attention

17.

A．hopefully

B．enthusiastically

C．unwillingly

D．physically

18.

A．advance

B．vain

C．preparation

D．presentation

19.

A．entire

B．full

C．hot

D．busy

20.

A．delivered

B．betray

C．devote

D．left

3 . I would like to suggest that for sixty to ninety minutes each evening all smart phones in the family be put away.

Let us take a ______, reasonable look at what the results might be if such a(n) ______ were accepted: Families might use the time for a real family hour. Without the distraction of phones, they might ______ around together after dinner and actually talk to one another. In fact , it is well-known that many of our ______ in every aspect of our life, from the generation gap to the high divorce and ______ some forms of mental illness are caused at least ______ by failure to communicate. By using the quiet family hour to ______ our problems, we might get to know each other better, and to like each other better.

On evenings when such a talk is ______, families could discover other active pastimes (消遣). Freed from smart phones, forced to find their own ______, they might take a ride together to watch the sunset ______ they might take a walk together. With free time and no smart phones, children and adults might discover reading. They might find there is more ______ in a good book than in an electronic game. According to educators, the generation ______ with smart phones can hardly write an English sentence, ______ at the college level. Actually, ______ is often improved through adequate reading. So with more time on books, a more literate (有文化的) new generation could be a (n) ______ of the quiet hour.

A different ______ of reading might also be done as it was in the past: reading aloud. The quiet hour could become the story hour. When the quiet hour ______, we may find it hard to ______ from our newly-discovered activities and expect the next story time.

At first glance, this idea seems radical (极端的). How will we spend the time then? The fact is that it has been only ten years ______ smart phones came to control our time. Those of us twenty-five and older can remember childhood without smart phones. It wasn’t so ______ as we think.

1.

A．regretful

B．curious

C．casual

D．serious

2.

A．offer

B．opinion

C．suggestion

D．decision

3.

A．turn

B．sit

C．come

D．look

4.

A．problems

B．questions

C．affairs

D．situations

5.

A．for

B．by

C．with

D．to

6.

A．in particular

B．in part

C．in time

D．in vain

7.

A．discuss

B．avoid

C．bring

D．raise

8.

A．acceptable

B．unnecessary

C．funny

D．unpleasant

9.

A．time

B．companions

C．activities

D．responsibility

10.

A．and

B．or

C．but

D．while

11.

A．energy

B．honor

C．intention

D．fun

12.

A．growing up

B．bringing up

C．getting up

D．coming up

13.

A．yet

B．still

C．even

D．just

14.

A．Writing

B．Thinking

C．Speaking

D．Listening

15.

A．example

B．spirit

C．privilege

D．product

16.

A．aspect

B．choice

C．form

D．step

17.

A．starts

B．ends

C．comes

D．lasts

18.

A．stop

B．dig

C．withdraw

D．escape

19.

A．before

B．since

C．until

D．after

20.

A．difficult

B．interesting

C．satisfying

D．addictive

4 . My brother Gene was four years older than me. By the time I turned four, I was upset that he could read but I couldn’t. I burned with ______ to read a book like my brother. I begged: “Teach me to read, Mom! Please, please?!” Finally, Mom set aside time after lunch ______ reading lessons, and soon after my fifth birthday, I was reading.

I longed for my father, who was a great storyteller, to read me the books that I couldn’t yet read on my own. But my father worked three jobs to feed the family. He didn’t have the time or ______ in the evening to read to me.       ____, every Sunday morning, my brother and I lay next to him in bed, waiting for him to tell stories about his   ____. I can still hear my father’s voice ______ the cold winters on the family farm in Poland. His family didn’t have enough money to burn wood in the fireplace all night. He told us that he always volunteered to help with ______. I can smell the soup made by my grandma and ______ my father cutting onions, carrots and tomatoes for salad, and when no one was looking, putting a piece into his mouth. “I was always ______,” he explained. Hearing my father’s stories   ______ me closer to the books and the stories they held.

One Saturday afternoon when I was seven, we walked two blocks to the small ______ in our neighborhood, and my dad filled out forms for a card. That Saturday ______ my life: I met Mrs. Schwartz, the librarian, and my dad said, “You’re ______ enough to walk to the library yourself.” And so I did—almost every afternoon.

In my mind, Mrs. Schwartz was “the keeper of books and the guardian of stories.” Some days she read aloud to a small group of us ______. Most of time, Mrs. Schwartz let me ______ myself with books I pulled from the shelves and look through them to see which ones I’d ______ out. I remember that sometimes she’d ______ a book and tell me a part of the story. But she always let me choose. Books became my ______ who were my comfort when I felt lonely.

Yes, reading changed me. It gave me the _____ to study hard so I could become a teacher, and share my _____   of reading with my students. And inside my head, I can still hear the voices of my mother, father, and Mrs. Schwartz, which are with me every time I open the first page of a new book.

1.

A．anger

B．desire

C．worry

D．interest

2.

A．until

B．before

C．in

D．for

3.

A．energy

B．ambition

C．courage

D．ability

4.

A．Finally

B．Then

C．Therefore

D．Still

5.

A．workplace

B．farmland

C．childhood

D．neighborhood

6.

A．explaining

B．introducing

C．describing

D．interpreting

7.

A．cooking

B．reading

C．farming

D．living

8.

A．picture

B．discover

C．notice

D．catch

9.

A．busy

B．hungry

C．poor

D．tired

10.

A．laid

B．taught

C．drew

D．left

11.

A．club

B．bookstore

C．office

D．library

12.

A．saved

B．tested

C．changed

D．controlled

13.

A．near

B．old

C．ready

D．free

14.

A．graduates

B．candidates

C．regulars

D．communicators

15.

A．reward

B．familiarize

C．examine

D．surround

16.

A．find

B．check

C．lend

D．sign

17.

A．write

B．study

C．recommend

D．reserve

18.

A．companions

B．assistants

C．listeners

D．teachers

19.

A．chance

B．dream

C．order

D．drive

20.

A．lesson

B．love

C．time

D．plan

5 . It was 1972，and I was in second grade.In the classroom the teacher，Ms.Boyette，was ____ aloud to us from Island of the Blue Dolphins.And we had just come to a part of the book where the main ____ was training a wild dog.I was listening，caught up in the ____     of all.

Not far away from me，there seated a boy who always frightened or ____ others，so I was ___ of this boy.While Ms.Boyette was reading，I looked over at him，for he was someone I was in the ____ of keeping an eye on.I ____ that he was listening too，that he was engaged by the ____ ，that he was leaning forward in his seat and listening with all his heart.I ____ at him，open-mouthed.I was ____ with a sudden knowledge that this boy was in fact just ____ me.He was a kid who liked a story.The boy must ____ my eyes on him，because he turned.Then something ____ happened.He smiled at me. ___ ，I smiled back，unafraid.We were two ____ smiling at each other.

Why have I never forgotten this ____ moment? Why do I still ____ every detail of it? I think it’s because that moment illustrates so beautifully the _____of reading out loud.

It shows us into a safe room，where everyone involved，the reader and the listener，can have that chance to ____ each other.We humans long not just for the story，not just for the flow of language，but for the ____ that comes when words are read aloud.

1.

A．shouting

B．singing

C．talking

D．reading

2.

A．author

B．character

C．reader

D．listener

3.

A．wonder

B．silence

C．warmth

D．comfort

4.

A．greeted

B．touched

C．hurt

D．refused

5.

A．aware

B．terrified

C．bored

D．guilty

6.

A．habit

B．form

C．effort

D．hope

7.

A．predicted

B．imagined

C．promised

D．noticed

8.

A．speech

B．story

C．journey

D．diary

9.

A．pointed

B．nodded

C．stared

D．waved

10.

A．struck

B．mixed

C．cheated

D．confused

11.

A．behind

B．beyond

C．around

D．like

12.

A．ignore

B．feel

C．meet

D．observe

13.

A．useful

B．natural

C．serious

D．amazing

14.

A．Then

B．Again

C．Instead

D．Besides

15.

A．strangers

B．kids

C．teachers

D．enemies

16.

A．funny

B．busy

C．lucky

D．small

17.

A．seek

B．organize

C．recall

D．trust

18.

A．power

B．courage

C．amusement

D．ability

19.

A．cheer

B．see

C．miss

D．mention

20.

A．challenge

B．knowledge

C．choice

D．connection

6 . In the summer before I entered middle school, I read the book They Cage the Animals at Night. It’s a story about Jennings, a boy living in various orphanages（孤儿院）with only his stuffed animal（毛绒玩具）, Doggie, for companionship. It’s a fascinating book, but little did I know how it would _______ my life and the lives of others.

One day, as I looked across my room at the pile of stuffed animals, a(n) _________ came to me. I would _________   stuffed animals for children like Jennings. _________ , I contacted agencies   that   support   those   children   and   they   said   the   stuffed   animals   would certainly _________   children’s spirits.

I named my project “Cuddle Buddies”. I wrote articles for the local and   school   newspapers, _________   donations of   the   “buddies”— stuffed animals. My phone _________ ringing; schools, families, and toy factories all wanted to help. Much to my _________ , by the second week my living room looked like a zoo. Whenever Mom and I _________ the “buddies” to the agencies, the kids would be waiting there with their eyes down, too ____________ to look but shaking with excitement.

Six years after its launch, Cuddle Buddies continues to ____________ . Now over 25,000 stuffed animals have been ____________ to agencies worldwide. Simon, a seven-year-old boy in an African Children’s Home, couldn’t sleep at night after he lost his parents. When asked to choose his “buddies”, Simon ____________   a panda and soon after was sleeping through the night. I never dreamed Cuddle Buddies would     ____________ this way.

Upon graduating from high school, I designed a website, www.cuddlebuddies.net, to ____________   the project. The response was ____________ . More and more people joined me and two dozen Cuddle Buddies ____________   were established across the nation.

This has been a great experience. I’ve learned how to follow through on an idea and how   to ____________   impact   a   life.   I   will   go   to   college with   these ____________   in   mind   and continue my work with Cuddle Buddies, even when I ____________   a whole new set of exciting academic and nonacademic pursuits.

1.

A．touch

B．risk

C．lead

D．save

2.

A．chance

B．idea

C．explanation

D．word

3.

A．display

B．repair

C．purchase

D．collect

4.

A．Previously

B．Occasionally

C．Immediately

D．Gradually

5.

A．capture

B．reflect

C．lift

D．record

6.

A．putting aside

B．turning down

C．asking for

D．getting back

7.

A．delayed

B．kept

C．stopped

D．meant

8.

A．knowledge

B．taste

C．regret

D．delight

9.

A．delivered

B．applied

C．rented

D．returned

10.

A．shy

B．content

C．weak

D．eager

11.

A．reform

B．expand

C．dominate

D．divide

12.

A．produced

B．adopted

C．sold

D．donated

13.

A．picked out

B．came across

C．showed off

D．brought up

14.

A．decline

B．work

C．increase

D．react

15.

A．promote

B．start

C．evaluate

D．examine

16.

A．confusing

B．amusing

C．automatic

D．enthusiastic

17.

A．companies

B．committees

C．branches

D．institutes

18.

A．financially

B．positively

C．socially

D．physically

19.

A．plans

B．images

C．lessons

D．motives

20.

A．work out

B．keep off

C．rely on

D．engage in

7 . Reading is of great importance. That's why World Book Day came into being. World Book Day ___________on April 23rd every year, which____________to encourage people, particularly teenagers, to discover the ___________of reading so that they can fall in love with books. It's also the day to____________honor to those great writers who produced remarkable works of literature and made great _________to human civilization.

Many countries celebrate World Book Day and the___________is yearly held in different ways. On that day, millions of school children can buy books at a much_______price than usual in any bookstore in England, ___________attracts a number of students to flood into bookstores for they can pay less money to buy the_________books. World Book Day is also_____________in China. More and more people_______into the libraries and bookstores to read______________books. Most of them do more reading on that day, _______________they can change the world by changing themselves______________reading.

Reading makes us_______________and learned. Reading helps us to follow the___________development of science and technology. Reading enables us to have a good___________of and have a better understanding of foreign cultures and______. Reading also is one of the most important ways to learn foreign languages. We all know it's difficult and almost____________to learn everything in the classroom, yet the ways English people are living and working today can be__________by reading.

1.

A．appears

B．approaches

C．falls

D．forms

2.

A．aims

B．fails

C．remains

D．prepares

3.

A．laughter

B．pleasure

C．secrets

D．skills

4.

A．receive

B．enjoy

C．feel

D．express

5.

A．contributions

B．progress

C．trouble

D．benefits

6.

A．performance

B．celebration

C．activity

D．design

7.

A．higher

B．cheaper

C．lower

D．dearer

8.

A．that

B．which

C．where

D．when

9.

A．different

B．same

C．colorful

D．interesting

10.

A．shared

B．expressed

C．carried

D．celebrated

11.

A．crowd

B．gather

C．accompany

D．return

12.

A．simple

B．rare

C．various

D．expensive

13.

A．demanding

B．pretending

C．believing

D．doubting

14.

A．through

B．with

C．in

D．on

15.

A．hard-working

B．skilled

C．serious

D．wise

16.

A．fullest

B．greatest

C．latest

D．slightest

17.

A．collection

B．introduction

C．sense

D．knowledge

18.

A．exhibitions

B．experiences

C．habits

D．customs

19.

A．unfit

B．impossible

C．complicated

D．forgetful

20.

A．learned

B．suggested

C．accepted

D．informed

8 . Many people are complaining that work and study are quite difficult at time. They need a method to relax. I have found that the best way to reduce ________ is to read a good book. It ________ me to escape from real life, it gives me a(n) ________ view on the world, and reading a book is a very ________ activity.

First, reading a good story is the best way to ________ about my troubles during the day. Many of the books I read have ________ plot lines（情节安排）, which attract me to the characters and action. When I am ________ reading, nothing in the outside world seems to exist anymore. One   cannot ________ in this dreamland forever, of course. ________ for an hour or so a day, it is very calming.

Second, reading books can also give me a new way to ________ the outside world. Even a fictional book can have this ________. When authors write a book, they ________ their ideas and feelings about how the world works. By ________ works of different writers, I find that I ________ more about other people, and ________ they think. This helps me to learn to ________ others just as they are.

Finally, the most ________ reason why reading is good for ________ is that it allows me to ________ the most amazing peace. For a devoted（投入的）reader, it is ________ to go to a bright, beautiful place to read. You can just stay at home, sitting in your favorite chair. With the house being completely quiet, you can enter the peaceful world of knowledge and imagination.

1.

A．debates

B．mistakes

C．pressure

D．influence

2.

A．forces

B．allows

C．requires

D．forbids

3.

A．new

B．easy

C．familiar

D．ordinary

4.

A．basic

B．tiring

C．special

D．peaceful

5.

A．care

B．learn

C．think

D．forget

6.

A．stupid

B．simple

C．boring

D．interesting

7.

A．teaching

B．studying

C．enjoying

D．practicing

8.

A．stay

B．leave

C．take

D．settle

9.

A．So

B．But

C．And

D．Unless

10.

A．look at

B．worry about

C．search for

D．believe in

11.

A．effect

B．success

C．problem

D．weakness

12.

A．ask

B．know

C．express

D．change

13.

A．buying

B．reading

C．judging

D．spreading

14.

A．trust

B．doubt

C．praise

D．understand

15.

A．why

B．how

C．when

D．whether

16.

A．admire

B．refuse

C．accept

D．recognize

17.

A．hopeful

B．important

C．probable

D．different

18.

A．working

B．writing

C．relaxation

D．exploration

19.

A．find

B．carry

C．leave

D．produce

20.

A．great

B．impossible

C．reasonable

D．unnecessary

9 . William Wordsworth wrote that “the human mind is capable of excitement without the application of violent stimulants(刺激)”. And it appears that simply reading those words proves his ____ .
Researchers at the University of Liverpool found the works of Shakespeare and Wordsworth and ____ had a beneficial effect on the mind. It can ____ the reader’s attention and trigger moments of self-reflection.
Using scanners, they ____ the brain activity of volunteers as they read pieces of classical English literature both in their ____ form and in a modern translation.
And, according to the Sunday Telegraph, the experiment showed the more ______ prose and poetry ____far more electrical activity in the brain than the easier versions.
The research also found poetry, ____, increased activity in the right part of the brain, an area ____ with “autobiographical(自传式的) memory”, which helped the reader to ____ on their own experiences. The academics said this meant the ____ were more useful than self-help books.
The brain ____ of 30 volunteers were watched in the first part of the research as they read Shakespeare in different ____ .
In one example, volunteers read a line from King Lear, “A father and a gracious aged man: him have you madded”, before reading the ____ : “A father and a gracious aged man: him you have enraged”. Shakespeare’s use of “mad” as a(n) ____ caused a higher level of brain activity than the straightforward prose.
The next stage of the research was looking at the ____ to which poetry could affect ____ and provide therapeutic(治疗的) benefit. Volunteers’ brains were scanned while reading four lines by Wordsworth, and four “translated” lines were also provided.
The first version caused more brain activity, ____ not only the left part of the brain connected with language, but also the right part that relates to autobiographical memory and emotion.
“Poetry is not just a ____ of style. It is also about deep versions of experience that ____ the emotional to the cognitive(认知的),” said Prof Davis, who will present the findings at the North of England education conference in Sheffield this week.1.

A．attitude

B．point

C．mind

D．advice

2.

A．the like

B．the way

C．the likely

D．the kind

3.

A．break

B．focus

C．catch

D．fix

4.

A．examined

B．monitored

C．interrupted

D．controlled

5.

A．original

B．traditional

C．conventional

D．ancient

6.

A．attractive

B．beneficial

C．challenging

D．emotional

7.

A．set off

B．put off

C．take off

D．call off

8.

A．for example

B．on occasion

C．in particular

D．in contrast

9.

A．concerned

B．mixed

C．fixed

D．conflicted

10.

A．reflect

B．agree

C．depend

D．take

11.

A．average

B．modem

C．academic

D．classic

12.

A．records

B．recalls

C．responses

D．receptions

13.

A．moods

B．manners

C．forms

D．types

14.

A．shorter

B．simpler

C．better

D．deeper

15.

A．adjective

B．noun

C．adverb

D．verb

16.

A．amount

B．degree

C．extension

D．scale

17.

A．philosophy

B．biology

C．psychology

D．sociology

18.

A．waking up

B．raising up

C．taking up

D．making up

19.

A．matter

B．mark

C．manner

D．mass

20.

A．cater

B．add

C．prefer

D．refer

10 . 第二部分：完型填空（共20小题）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Have you ever had problems in your life and don’t know how to be happy? If _______, you will find “Being a Happy Teenager” by Australian writer Andrew Matthews _______.

In his book, Matthews _______ us how to have a happy life and answer the _______ of teenagers.

There are many _______ such as parents and friends, and the book _______ we should stop being angry and learn to forgive. The book tells us of useful skills _______ how to put what you have learned into pictures of your mind to _______your memory better.

Many teenagers think _______ happiness comes from a good exam result ________ praise (赞扬) from other people. But you can ________ be happy when there are no such “good” things.

Success comes from a(n) ________ attitude (态度). If you ________ from problems, you will have success in the future.

Some school students have ________ such as being too tall or too short. But Matthews tells us that ________ comes from thinking about things in a positive (积极的)________ . If you are ________ , people notice you and you can get a ________ view (视线) at the movie; if you are short, your clothes and shoes ________ less room in your bedroom! This is Matthews’ most important ________ : you choose to be happy!

1.

A．so

B．not

C．it

D．do

2.

A．wise

B．smart

C．useful

D．simple

3.

A．orders

B．tells

C．asks

D．argues

4.

A．problems

B．questions

C．ideas

D．comments

5.

A．roles

B．classes

C．courses

D．subjects

6.

A．says

B．writes

C．reads

D．thinks

7.

A．for example

B．such as

C．so as

D．so that

8.

A．make

B．turn

C．let

D．change

9.

A．what

B．how

C．that

D．whether

10.

A．and

B．but

C．so

D．or

11.

A．yet

B．already

C．still

D．forever

12.

A．bad

B．good

C．independent

D．normal

13.

A．learn

B．rescue

C．struggle

D．separate

14.

A．experiences

B．difficulties

C．fears

D．problems

15.

A．success

B．happiness

C．failure

D．height

16.

A．way

B．means

C．manners

D．spirit

17.

A．short

B．small

C．tall

D．fat

18.

A．lower

B．higher

C．worse

D．better

19.

A．take

B．spend

C．cover

D．cost

20.

A．work

B．lesson

C．teaching

D．study